Ultraviolet shield glove

ABSTRACT

A glove for protection from UltraViolet (UV) light including a fabric based snug hand wrap including separate lumens for each finger and thumb that provides a covering and protection from UV light for a user&#39;s hand during a gel manicure process with fingernail exposure.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No.14/693,546, filed Apr. 22, 2015, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S.application Ser. No. 14/544,784, filed Oct. 3, 2013, both of which arehereby incorporated by reference in their entireties and for allpurposes.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The field of the invention relates to the field of gloves and moreparticularly to a glove which protects a user from UltraViolet lightduring manicuring processes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A gel manicure process can comprise applying a base coat, applyingseveral coats of polish to the nails and after each coat is painted on,putting a user's hands under a small Ultra Violet (UV) light for a fewseconds or minutes to cure and harden the polish before applying a cleartop coat to seal and protect the nails. UV light can cause suntans,sunburns, and increased incidence of skin cancer. Thus, needs exist forprotecting skin while still allowing fingernail treatment curing usingUV light.

SUMMARY

Disclosed are Ultraviolet (UV) light protectant gloves, designed to beused during the gel manicure process, for example at a nail salon. Thegloves allow exposure of the fingernails to enable a nail technician toperform treatments while simultaneously protecting the guest's handsfrom UV rays.

Gloves disclosed are multi-fingered and in some embodiments comprise aninner liner configured for individually covering a plurality of fingerswhile exposing the fingertips; and an outer shell including an apertureformed at each of a plurality of individual fingertip locations on theouter shell, the apertures operative to allow fingertips to protrudefrom the outer shell and; wherein the inner liner, the outer liner orboth comprises at least a portion of ultra-violet protective material.In other embodiments, they can be a single layer of material. Theconfiguration of the disclosed gloves is described in detail by way ofvarious embodiments which are only examples.

In some embodiments, gloves use an interlocking stitch at the sides andbottom wrist opening for flexibility and durability, a single needlestitch at each finger opening, and pliable fabric to fit most handscomprised of 82% nylon and 18% spandex. The fabric can be coloredincluding Hot Pink, Teal, Amethyst, Black, Canary Yellow, and Orange.

Other systems, devices, methods, features and advantages of the subjectmatter described herein will be or will become apparent to one withskill in the art upon examination of the following figures and detaileddescription. It is intended that all such additional devices, methods,features and advantages be included within this description, be withinthe scope of the subject matter described herein, and be protected bythe accompanying claims. In no way should the features of the exampleembodiments be construed as limiting the appended claims, absent expressrecitation of those features in the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING(S)

The details of the subject matter set forth herein, both as to itsstructure and operation, may be apparent by study of the accompanyingfigures, in which like reference numerals refer to like parts. Thecomponents in the figures are not necessarily to scale, emphasis insteadbeing placed upon illustrating the principles of the subject matter.Moreover, all illustrations are intended to convey concepts, whererelative sizes, shapes and other detailed attributes may be illustratedschematically rather than literally or precisely.

Illustrated in the accompanying drawing(s) is at least one of the bestmode embodiments of the present invention in such drawing(s):

FIG. 1 is an example embodiment of a glove for providing Ultraviolet(UV) protection.

FIG. 2 is an example embodiment of stitching and seam lines of a glovefor providing Ultraviolet (UV) protection.

FIG. 3 is an example embodiment of size and measurements of a glove forproviding Ultraviolet (UV) protection.

FIG. 4 is an example embodiment of color variations of a glove forproviding Ultraviolet (UV) protection.

FIG. 5 is an example embodiment of a glove for providing Ultraviolet(UV) protection.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Before the present subject matter is described in detail, it is to beunderstood that this disclosure is not limited to the particularembodiments described, as such may vary. It is also to be understoodthat the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describingparticular embodiments only, and is not intended to be limiting, sincethe scope of the present disclosure will be limited only by the appendedclaims.

FIG. 1 is an example embodiment of a glove 100 for providing Ultraviolet(UV) protection. In an example embodiment a glove 100 can protect auser's hand during a gel manicure process or other nail treatmentprocess which includes using UV light to cure gel polish or otherpolishes. The glove includes a body 101 that provides UV ray protectionfor the hand and finger covers 110 that provides UV ray protection forthe fingers of a user while exposing a minimal portion of the fingers105 and thumb 103 around the user's nails to UV rays incident on thehand. Holes 112 provide locations where the tips of the fingersincluding the nails can exit the glove 100 and the glove includes awrist extension which extends to or over a wrist and terminates in awrist opening 108. Glove 100 can be fabricated from an 82% nylon and 18%spandex (also known as lycra or elastene). Other ratios and additionalfabrics can be used in other embodiments. In various embodiments theglove 100 can be safely washed in a standard washing machine withoutdamage to the glove 100. Additionally, some acrylic or “fake” nailsrequire the user of a clear gel that uses UV light to cure. The glovesdescribed herein can also be used during this process.

FIG. 2 is an example embodiment of stitching and seam lines of a glove100 for providing Ultraviolet (UV) protection. In particular, it showsseam 206 for the Gel Manicure UV Protectant Glove is shown. Seams 206can be provided on opposing left and right sides of each of an index,middle, and ring fingers. A seam on the inner side of little finger isalso provided as well as an outer seam extending along the length oflittle finger down the hand and terminating at wrist opening 108. Thewrist and outer seams can be an interlocking stitch 208 for durability,flexibility, and ease of use when taking the glove 100 on and off. Asingle needle stitch 204 can be employed for each finger and thumbopening on the glove. The single needle stitch hem 205 at each fingerand thumb opening on the glove can provide additional reinforcement forareas where fingertips and thumbs enter and exit the glove 100 and thus,longevity for the glove 100. In addition, double needle stitch 210 canbe employed at the wrist opening 108 of the glove 100. In someembodiments a “V” cut can be provided on the outside of the wristopening 108, opposite a side with the thumb, in order to aid a user ineasily putting the glove 100 on and taking it off. Seams 206 can be madeof polyester thread which has a certain amount of elasticity and issmooth for user comfort.

FIG. 3 is an example embodiment of size and measurements of a glove 100for providing Ultraviolet (UV) protection. In an example embodiment aglove 100 can have standard sized dimensions for a woman's hand, withappropriate finger measurements. Default dimensions for a standard sizedglove 100 are shown. A thumb length 302 of glove 100 can be 25 mm whilea thumb hole diameter 304 can be 28 mm. An index finger length 306 ofglove 100 can be 50 mm while an index finger hole diameter 308 can be 28mm. A middle finger length 310 of glove 100 can be 55 mm while a middlefinger hole diameter 304 can be 28 mm. A ring finger length 316 of glove100 can be 25 mm while a ring finger hole diameter 314 can be 28 mm. Alittle finger length 320 of glove 100 can be 30 mm while a little fingerhole diameter 318 can be 27 mm. A wrist length 322 of glove 100 can be40 mm while a wrist hole diameter 324 can be 70 to 80 mm. A wriststitching can be an interlock stitch. Additional embodiments arecontemplated with a range of other glove sizes such as small, medium,large and other sizes. Lengths and diameters can be different sizes indifferent embodiments. In general, the proportions of the exposedportion of the fingers beyond the hole openings of the glove 100 to thecovered portions of the fingers are maintained across the various sizesin the various embodiments. The glove 100 is not limited to the scaleshown herein.

FIG. 4 is an example embodiment of color variations of a glove forproviding Ultraviolet (UV) protection. For example, gloves can be HotPink, Teal, Amethyst, Black, Canary Yellow, Orange and others. Gloves inothers sets of colors are also contemplated. Each color of glove canprovide protection from different wavelengths of UV light.

FIG. 5 is an example embodiment of a glove for providing Ultraviolet(UV) protection. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the glove with an areaset aside for displaying an advertisement 501 and a logo 503.Advertisement 501 and logo 503 can be a screen print such as plastisol.Logo 503 can have dimensions of 0.75 inches tall by 1.5 inches wide.

In some embodiments gloves comprise an inner liner configured forindividually covering a plurality of fingers while exposing thefingertips; and an outer shell including an aperture formed at each of aplurality of individual fingertip locations on the outer shell, theapertures operative to allow fingertips to protrude from the outer shelland, wherein the inner liner, the outer liner or both comprises at leasta portion of ultra-violet protective material. In other embodiments,they can be a single layer of material.

As used herein and in the appended claims, the singular forms “a”, “an”,and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictatesotherwise.

The publications discussed herein are provided solely for theirdisclosure prior to the filing date of the present application. Nothingherein is to be construed as an admission that the present disclosure isnot entitled to antedate such publication by virtue of prior disclosure.Further, the dates of publication provided may be different from theactual publication dates which may need to be independently confirmed.

It should be noted that all features, elements, components, functions,and steps described with respect to any embodiment provided herein areintended to be freely combinable and substitutable with those from anyother embodiment. If a certain feature, element, component, function, orstep is described with respect to only one embodiment, then it should beunderstood that that feature, element, component, function, or step canbe used with every other embodiment described herein unless explicitlystated otherwise. This paragraph therefore serves as antecedent basisand written support for the introduction of claims, at any time, thatcombine features, elements, components, functions, and steps fromdifferent embodiments, or that substitute features, elements,components, functions, and steps from one embodiment with those ofanother, even if the following description does not explicitly state, ina particular instance, that such combinations or substitutions arepossible. It is explicitly acknowledged that express recitation of everypossible combination and substitution is overly burdensome, especiallygiven that the permissibility of each and every such combination andsubstitution will be readily recognized by those of ordinary skill inthe art.

In many instances entities are described herein as being coupled toother entities. It should be understood that the terms “coupled” and“connected” (or any of their forms) are used interchangeably herein and,in both cases, are generic to the direct coupling of two entities(without any non-negligible (e.g., parasitic) intervening entities) andthe indirect coupling of two entities (with one or more non-negligibleintervening entities). Where entities are shown as being directlycoupled together, or described as coupled together without descriptionof any intervening entity, it should be understood that those entitiescan be indirectly coupled together as well unless the context clearlydictates otherwise.

While the embodiments are susceptible to various modifications andalternative forms, specific examples thereof have been shown in thedrawings and are herein described in detail. It should be understood,however, that these embodiments are not to be limited to the particularform disclosed, but to the contrary, these embodiments are to cover allmodifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spiritof the disclosure. Furthermore, any features, functions, steps, orelements of the embodiments may be recited in or added to the claims, aswell as negative limitations that define the inventive scope of theclaims by features, functions, steps, or elements that are not withinthat scope.

1-7. (canceled)
 8. A method of curing gel manicure, comprising:providing a glove having end holes at a thumb lumen, an index fingerlumen, a middle finger lumen, a ring finger lumen and a little fingerlumen, wherein the glove is made of an inner layer and an outer shellboth made of ultraviolet (UV) light protection material; receiving auser's hand in the glove such that tips, including fingernails, of thethumb, index, middle, ring and little fingers of the user protrude fromthe corresponding thumb, index, middle, ring and little finger lumens;applying a gel polish coat on the fingernail of each of the thumb,index, middle, ring and little fingers of the user; exposing the user'shand, including the fingernails of the thumb, index, middle, ring andlittle fingers of the user, under UV light for curing the gel polish. 9.The method of claim 8, wherein the ultraviolet light protection materialis made of 82% nylon and 18% spandex.
 10. The method of claim 8, whereinthe ultraviolet light protection material is made of one of hot pink,teal, canary yellow or orange color.
 11. The method of claim 10, whereineach color provides specific ultraviolet light wavelength protection.12. The method of claim 8, wherein the gel polish is clear.
 13. Themethod of claim 8, wherein the end holes are single needle stitchreinforced.
 14. The method of claim 8, wherein a wrist opening of theglove is stitched with at least one interlocking stitch.
 15. The methodof claim 8, wherein an outside surface of the outer shell includes afirst area for advertisement.
 16. The method of claim 8, wherein anoutside surface of the outer shell includes a second area for logo.